Broom.



W. P. NEWELL L CA W. CARIVIAN.

BROOM.

'APPLICATIUN FILED we a, |916.

1,22%23'72 Patentet Apr. 10, 1917.

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BROOIYI.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3 1916.

Patented Apr. 10, I'917.

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BROOM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lPatent-ed Je'ttpar., itil, 191V?.

Application led August 3, 1916. Serial No. 112,975.

T0 all whom t may concern NnwELL and CHARLES `W. CARMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Hamburg, in the county of Fremont and State of lowa, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Brooms; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rlhis invention relates to new and useful improvements in brooms and more particularly brooms which'are formed of a bundle of suitable material surrounded by a band intermediate its ends pivotally mounted in a yoke, so that both ends of the material are adapted for use, and the primary object of the invention is to provide a suitable look which may be readily opened or closed to hold the broom in the yoke in either of its two positions.

Another object of this invention is to provide a yoke or carrier used in this broom with a suitable lock, and to so construct the same that there will be no projections from the sides thereof to strike or mar furni ture while the broom is in operation.

A further object of the invention'is to provide a device of this character which is easily and simply constructed, inexpensive to manufacture and one which will' be very'ecient in operation.

With these and numerous other objectsin view, our invention consists inthe novel features of construction, Combination and arrangement of parts which will be herein referred to and more particularly pointed out in the specification andclaims.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved broom;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view;

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing `the drum in open position and swung out of t frame;

Fig. 6 is a central vertical longitudinal section showing parts in elevation;

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section; and

Fig. 8 is a detail view showing the arrangement of the slots in one of the sides of the frame.

in describing our invention we shall refer to the drawings in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views and in which the numeral 1 designates the broom proper which consists of a suitably shaped bundle of strawsl or splints of equal length flat as shown clamped together centrally of their lengths by means of a strong band 2, and the coarser ends of the bundle will be at one end 3, while the other end which is designated bythe numeral 4 will comprise the finer ends of the bundle. The material from which the broom` is made is placed in the center band 2 in such a manner that the same is arranged as follows. First an inner layer of asphalt or some similar glue, then a layer of straw or splints, is laid on, then an additional layer of glue, and so on until the band is entirely filled. lt has been discovered that the above method takes hold of each straw in the band,

and will continue to hold the same iirmly so that it cannot become loosened.

rlhe means by which the broom proper is carried comprises a yoke member 5, which consists'of a U-bar 6 having upwardly projecting sides 7 that terminate at a central point in bent handle securing members 8, adapted to lreceive therein a handle 9. This Ubar 6 has its'opposite ends bent inwardly as shown at 10, and the said bar is disposed parallel with the band 2 that surrounds the broom when in position. The bent ends 10 of this bar are positioned a short distance beyond the opposite ends Vof the band 2, and the sameare connected therewith by connecting side portions or bars 11. These side port-ions 11 are tubular flattened, as clearly shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings. The side portions 11 will be made tions 11 have their opposite ends fastened and the upper ends which are designated by the numeral 13 are riveted within the bent ends 10 of the Uber, while the lower ends 14 are pivotally connected with the opposite ends of the band 2 as shown at 15. Ylhe space between the band 2 and the U-bar 6 is suiiicient to hold therein one-half of the broom 1, so that when thesame is positioned therebetween the other portion thereof will project downwardly and will be in an operative position.

The portion of the broom body that is disposed within the yoke is adapted to belocked therein by a cross arm lthat is secured to each of the side portions 11 of the yoke-and which is adapted to swing across the opposite sides of said yoke to locked position as -clearlyshown yin Fig. 1 ofthe drawings.

The side portions are provided with a pair of cross arms as will be obviouson each side of the yoke and .for the .sake of brevity Ive will specifically describe but-one of these ars.

The cross bar comprises a pair of spring wires 17, which are surrounded intermediate their ends and held together by a band 18, the said wires diverging outwardly from v,said band and having their extremities bent 'than the normal space between the extremities of the spring wires 17 of the cross bar, so

that when it is desired to lock this arm in position, these arms are compressed and the .bent extremities positioned in the slots 21 and released, whereupon they will expand and will be securely lockedtherein. These cross arms 16 are positioned onvopposite sides of the yoke adjacent the opposite edges o f the side portions, so that when in operation they will be disposed beneath the plane of the samepand will notvproject therefrom to strike or mar furniture during the use of the broom.

ln operation when the parts of the broom are disposed as shown ini Fig. 1 of the drawing', the coarser ends 3 of the broom body will be disposed in the yoke while the finer fends l willbe inv operation. When it is desired to reverse this operation the detachable,

ends of the cross bars are contracted and withdrawn from `the side portions'll, and

lthey are swung outwardly out of the path of the front of the broom whereupon the broom may be revolvedA and the coarser end portion brought into operation while the'finer end will`|` bev positioned in the yoke. When the 'flocking arms 16 are swung outwardly at right anglespto their former position, they will rest uponthe wood Vfillers 12 within the side `portions 11 so there .will-be no chance of their inner ends slipping into the space between the sides of the yoke.. When swing- .ing the locking cross arms back .toposition The entire yoke and band may be sur- Y `rounded by a cover C so as to absolutely overcome any chance of striking or marring the furniture by their hardsu'rfaces during the use of the broom. This cover may be of any .desirable material preferably some heavy fabric that is suitable for this use. Thisimproved type of locking cross arms will be .foundy very efficientand also they overcome the objections to carriers of this type inasmuch as they do not project from edges of the yoke. The method of securing the broom body in theband as has been hereinbefore described, will form suregripping means for the same and will absolutely prevent slipping of the straws or splints.

From' the foregoing description the construction and `operation of our improved broom, the manner of applying the same to use and the operation thereof willbe readily understood, and it will be seen that we have vprovided simple and efficient means for car- `said arms having expansible and contractible free ends adapted to be yfpositionedin' the ,opposite` sides of the yoke.

2. device. of the class described comprising. a `broom body of suitable material, a band surrounding the same intermediate its Y ends, a yoke having its sidespivotally con- -nectedz'with the ends of said' band, a cross arm including a pair of spring wires secured intermediate their ends and diverging outwardly therefrom, the extremities of one end `of saidy wires being` bent laterally and pivotally ymounted in openings in thesides of the yoke, the oppositeextremities of the wires having ylaterally outwardly bent eX- tremities, and said ends adapted to be compressed and be positioned in-elongated slots in the opposite sides of the yoke.

3. A device of the class described comprising a broom body of suitable material, a

band surrounding the same intermediate its ends, a substantially U-shaped member having its head portion'formedwith upturned edges, handle securing means intermediate 1 the ends ofsaid` head, substantially tubular attene'd side bars for said member with-laterally extending upper extremities secured in the ends lof the head portion, said side bars having their lower ends pivotally coniso y neoted with the opposite ends of the band set our hands in the presence of two subthat sui-rounds the broom body, a locking scribing Witnesses.

cross bai pivoted in the diagonally opposite WARREN PARKER NEVVELL. edges of the side hars,'and a filler in each CHARLES WALTER CARMN. side bar to hold the cross bars in operative Witnesses:

position. E. M. FISHER,

In testimony whereof We have hereunto B. G. FRANKLIN.

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